---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Start-up Grants"
description: "Charter School Start-up Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 180"
citation: "Utah S.B. 180 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f44302b-a9c1-4a44-a561-2073e3ed9966"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0180.html"
source_hash: "8ee50f41b7f28502ce7ddc669c1e25848c30a5da4ae8da15a4bca89afb49c85c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah S.B. 180 (2017) — Charter School Start-up Grants

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillint/SB0180.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0180.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **55–14** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **20–8** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Knotwell, John — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** floor amendment failed # Verbal Amendment
- **2017-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-27** to House
- **2017-02-27** received from Senate
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** circled
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f44302b-a9c1-4a44-a561-2073e3ed9966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).